A fat man, his wig turned upside down, sleeps in his chair, with a punch bowl, bottle and glass on the table by his elbow. Balanced on his enormous stomach is a see-saw, weighted down at the right by a diminutive boy and with a tiny girl seated on the raised end. On the wall behind him is a partly visible picture of someone playing bowls. A dog sleeps on the floor beneath the man's chair
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on sheet 23 x 19 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the Act directs 23.1776 by J. Lockington, Shug Lane, Golden Square, London
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[1800]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 22 Box D175
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An innkeeper uses a bellows to clear heavy dense tobacco smoke from the tavern interior in response to a servant trying to identify his master in the crowd. The innkeeper proclaims "You say you want a little gentlemen in a brown wig. I have really so much smoking business in my parlour that 'till I make use of the bellows I can never distinguish a customer, I believe that is the gentleman you mean." The servant excitedly responds in a Cockney dialect "Yes, Yes, sure enough that be Master, but before he vanishes again, tell him that Missis has sent the street door key."
Description:
Title inscribed in black ink below image in the artist's hand., Signed by the author's in black ink below image., Future imprint statement for print based on this image inscribed in brown ink: London : Pubd. March 1800 by Willm. Holland, No. 11 Cockspur Street., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Smoking, Tobacco pipes, Bellows, Taverns (Inns), and Servants
"God above that made all things,". - In three columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by ornamental rules., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., In three columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; imprint at the foot of the third, below a single rule; the columns are separated by columns of type ornaments., Mounted on leaf 46. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Publisher:
Printed and sold in Aldermary Church-yard, Bow Lane, London
Subject (Topic):
Drinking of alchoholic beverages, Tobacco pipes, Drinking vessels, Wine, Bottles, and Smoking
Title from item., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Morison's Pills; Proprietary medicines.
Five men accompanied by two dogs leisurly sit around a small table in a tavern smoking long-stemmed tobacco pipes and drinking while one of their number squeezes juice and pulp from a fruit into a large punch bowl resting on the table
Description:
Title and artist's signature inscribed in the artist's hand below image. and Sheet trimmed to oval shape.
Title etched below image., Place of publication derived from street address., Date from item., John Gale, known as Dumb Jack, was a deaf mute., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Published July 28, 1813, by G. Smeeton, St. Martin's Lane
Subject (Topic):
Deaf, Smoking, Tobacco pipes, Deaf persons, and People with disabilities
Title from caption below image., Temporary local subject terms Dishes: tankards -- Smoking: tobacco -- Allusion to tythe pig., and Watermark: Strasburg lily.
Half-length portrait in profile to right of a man smoking a long-stemmed tobacco pipe
Alternative Title:
Jolly landlord
Description:
Title from inscription in graphite pencil over image., Title 'Jolly landlord' struck through and replaced with title 'Independent tradesman'., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record and based on other drawings in the series., Probably a copy of an Isaac Cruikshank etching published in: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches ... / by G.M. Woodward., One of a series of 13 drawings by the same artist., and For further information, consult library staff.
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication from item., In box in upper right margin: Tregear's Flights of Humor No. 36., Four lines of verse follow title., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
A stout publican (Samuel House) holding a tankard with initials SH in his right hand and a pipe in his left is standing in front of his house. He wears waistcoat with sleeves, without a coat and wig; his breeches are unbuttoned at the knees. Behind him is a large barrel on which is written "Fox for Ever Huzza." A man smoking a pipe is seated below the window in which sit two other men, one with a pipe. Another man is vomiting out the second window
Alternative Title:
Sir Samuel House
Description:
Title from item., Trimmed within plate mark at the bottom with loss of imprint., First state, with printmaker's name on plate., Date of publication from nos. 5696 and 5697 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, volume 5., and Sheet trimmed.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and Westminster
Subject (Name):
House, Samuel, -1785. and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Political elections, Drinking vessels, Tobacco pipes, Barrels, Birdcages, Vomiting, and Clothing & dress
Oval design depicts an Englishman in tricorne on left and American with broad-brimmed flat hat on right seated at a round table smoking pipes. On the table near the Englishman is the London Gazette and Morning Post, while near the American a paper marked Boston Nov. 4 78. A shaft of light illuminates the table, while a picture on the wall behind shows a handshake
Alternative Title:
English and American discovery
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's initials "MD" form a monogram., and Numbered "81" in upper right of plate.
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 5 1778 by MDarly
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Topic):
History, Furniture, Smoking, Hats, Tobacco pipes, and Clothing & dress
Three men are seated around a table, from left to right a squire wearing spectacles and reading aloud from the Daily Advertiser, a parson in the center smoking a pipe and raising a glass of punch, and a barber with his wig askew on the right
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Originally issued March 7, 1777; believed to be Gillray's first etching., and Mounted to 30 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 11, 1784, 227 Strand, London, by W. Humphrey
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Reading, Wigs, Tobacco pipes, Barbers, Clergy, and Clothing & dress
Title from item., "Engraved after an original picture, in the possession of Thos. Browne Esqr."--Below title., and Temporary local subject terms: Watch -- Navy: sailors -- Paviour -- Signs: Union Fire Insurance Company -- Birds: cocks.
Publisher:
Published by Heny. Parker, No. 82 Cornhill, and Thos. Bradford, No. 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Butchers, Chimney sweeps, Taverns (Inns), and Tobacco pipes
Text begins: There are five strange wonders in the world. To hear a lawyer tell truth, to see a prodigal turn thrifty ..., In three columns with the title and four woodcuts above all columns; the columns are not separated by rules; the imprint is at the foot of the third column, below a single rule., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., Printseller's announcement following imprint: Where may be had, the greatest choice of histories, old and new ballads, patters, &c. better printed than at any other place., Mounted on leaf 44. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Verse begins: "My friend I would have you take my advice,"., In three columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by lines of ornamental type. Toward the foot of column two begins "The maiden's answer."., Date conjectured by cataloguer based on other editions of this work., Imprint below last column, separate by a single rule., In this edition, the illustration above the second column is of a man and a woman seated, bodies touching, with no tree. In another edition with an almost identical imprint (ESTC N70831), the illustration depicts a man and a woman standing, slightly apart, with a tree next to the man., Mounted on leaf 62. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:
Sold at Sympson's printing-office, in Stonecutter-Street, Fleet-Market
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Man-woman relationships, Marriage, Bachelors, Single women, Men, Social life and customs, Eating & drinking, Driniking vessels, Tobacco pipes, and Women
"A jovial and enormously stout man sits on a chair holding a large frothing jug in his right hand, a pipe in his left. Behind him are trees. His contour resembles that of a Toby jug. Beneath the design are verses beginning: 'Dear Tom this brown Jug that now foams with mild Ale (In which I will drink to sweet Nan of the Vale) was once Toby Fillpot, a thirsty old Soul ...' The verse describes how a potter formed the jug out of the clay of Toby when he had long been buried."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., After Dighton. See British Museum catalogue., For a description of a later state with variant imprint, see no. 7118 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., The eighteen-line ballad "The brown jug" by Francis Fawkes is etched in three columns below image., No. 35 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Topic):
Toby jugs, Obesity, Tobacco pipes, Gardens, and Pitchers
"A jovial and enormously stout man sits on a chair holding a large frothing jug in his right hand, a pipe in his left. Behind him are trees. His contour resembles that of a Toby jug. Beneath the design are verses beginning: 'Dear Tom this brown Jug that now foams with mild Ale (In which I will drink to sweet Nan of the Vale) was once Toby Fillpot, a thirsty old Soul ...' The verse describes how a potter formed the jug out of the clay of Toby when he had long been buried."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., After Dighton. See British Museum catalogue., Later state of a print originally published by Carington Bowles in 1786., Date of publication inferred from date of the Bowles & Carver partnership formed after the 1793 death of Carington Bowles. See Plomer, Dictionaries of printers and booksellers, p. 31., The eighteen-line ballad "The brown jug" by Francis Fawkes is etched in three columns below image., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, Londo[n]
Subject (Topic):
Toby jugs, Obesity, Tobacco pipes, Gardens, and Pitchers
The figure of Time, with his scythe, hovers in the air between the kneeling figures of Pitt on the left and Fox on the right. Through two pipes inscribed, "Court favor" and "popularity," he blows bubbles that Pitt catches in his mouth. Fox, his hands raised in supplication, begs Time for the same favor. His plea is supported by the Duchess of Devonshire who stands behind him. In the background, a radiating temple on a rock behind Pitt is inscribed, "St. Jameses." Behind Fox, a lighthouse with a flare hanging from its top is signed, "House of Commons." Between the two, on the other side of a river, is a ruined ancient city, a reference to Rome
Description:
Title from item. and Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pub'd by [...]
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, England, and Westminster
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806., and Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Political elections, Scythes, Temples, Ruins, Lighthouses, Tobacco pipes, Scissors & shears, and Clothing & dress
Watercolor depicting a group of four men sitting around a table containing several empty and spilled pewter tankards responding with shock, distress, and sadness to one of their number reading aloud from their local newspaper
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record., and Cf. Lewis Walpole Library Drawings Un58 no. 59 for a watercolor, probably from the same artist, that continues the 'news' theme.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Newspapers, Sadness, Distress, Taverns (Inns), Drinking vessels, and Tobacco pipes
